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NARENDRA KUMAR VYAS
S. N. Akhtar S/o Shri S. M. Rahman – Appellant
Versus
Central Bureau Of Investigation – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
1. This criminal revision has been filed under Section 397/401 of the Cr.P.C. challenging the order dated 20.06.2019 passed by the learned Special Judge (C.B.I.) Raipur in Special Case No. 4/11 whereby Learned Special Judge dismissed the application filed by the applicant under the provisions of Section 309 of the CrPC and listed the matter for recording the evidence of prosecution witnesses.
2. Facts of the case in short are that the applicants are employees of Central Government and at the relevant time they were posted as Inspector in the Railway Protection Force, Bilaspur Division. On 08.05.2010 one suspect was taken into custody by the applicant No. 2 in connection with the registration of FIR at Post Pendra, District Bilaspur. The FIR was registered on the allegation of theft regarding railway path with the help of others and the same was sold to Santosh Sahu @ Banty resident of Nagpur Maharashtra. It is also case of the prosecution that the applicants after found that Santosh Sahu was already in custody in connection with same allegation and was in jail at Raipur and the applicants have demanded bribe of Rs. 2 lakhs from brother-in-law of Santosh Sahu namely Nilesh
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